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Drinking and driving: drinking patterns and drinking problems.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Gruenewald, Paul J. Mitchell, Patrick R. Treno, Andrew J. |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Abstract | Two perspectives guide examinations of alcohol-related injury; studies of drinking behaviors which characterize the activities in which drinkers participate, and studies of drinking patterns which characterize individuals' likelihoods of intoxication. This paper presents a study of self-reported drinking and driving using both perspectives. A theoretical model of the relationships of drinking patterns and drinking behaviors to drinking and driving is derived. This model is used as the basis for analyses of self-reports of driving after drinking and driving while intoxicated. Using cross-sectional data from a study of alcohol-related injury in the United States, these self-reports were related to measures of respondent socio-demographics, drinking patterns, beverage preferences and routine activities. The results showed: (1) that the drinking pattern measures were significantly related to likelihoods of drinking and driving; (2) these measures were superior to alternate measures of drinking patterns in their ability to explain drinking and driving; (3) the measures of beverage preferences were unrelated to either measure of drinking and driving; and (4) that the utilization of certain venues for drinking (bars and restaurants) was significantly related to both measures of drinking and driving. It is concluded that observed socio-demographic differences in drinking and driving (e.g. related to ethnicity and marital status) are due to related differences in drinking patterns and drinking behaviors. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.911116375.x |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/ild_request_form.php?article_id=citjournalarticle_74320_19 |
| PubMed reference number | 8972922 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.911116375.x |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 91 |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Journal | Addiction |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |